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<p>All civil servants have access to the central learning offer provided through Civil
Service Learning (CSL). There are one-day workshops on understanding Parliament, which
are delivered at Foundation and Practitioner levels, which both cover Parliament’s
scrutiny and legislative roles. Dedicated training sessions covering specific topics
are also available including introductions to Parliament, select committees, debates
and voting, pre and post legislative scrutiny, Parliamentary questions, delegated
legislation, and primary legislation. A half-day workshop is available on producing
effective Explanatory Memoranda to accompany secondary legislation. The Cabinet Office’s
Parliamentary Business and Legislation Team provide training to Bill Teams. The Government
Legal Department and Parliamentary Counsel run a course on ‘Dealing with Parliamentary
Bills for Lawyers’, which covers parliamentary stages and handling. Bespoke sessions
for government departments are also available on request.</p><p> </p><p>There is an
e-learning course on understanding Parliament, and access to two massive open online
courses. These have been produced in partnership between the House of Commons and
Future Learn, which is a digital education platform owned by the Open University.</p><p>
</p><p>The only course we have a data for is staff who have accessed e-learning training
on ‘Parliamentary Processes’:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Started
but yet not completed</p></td><td><p>Completed</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>98</p></td><td><p>94</p></td><td><p>192</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Fast Stream civil servants receive a Parliament workshop during their induction,
covering the role of Parliament in scrutinising government policy. For policy professionals,
a Fast Stream Base Camp includes an optional workshop which focuses on the legislative
process in both houses, typical timetables and roles of Ministers, Bill Teams and
civil servants in delivering legislation.</p><p> </p><p>For senior civil servants,
a tailored a one-day workshop, ‘Leading in Parliament’, is available, which covers
Parliament’s role, powers and relationship with government, and the day-to-day work
of Members. A workshop delivered jointly between CSL and HM Treasury is provided for
Accounting Officers. CSL provides a workshop specifically for Senior Responsible Officers
with responsibility for secondary legislation. Every department has an Senior Civil
Service Parliamentary Champion. There is a buddy system in place between Parliamentary
Champions and senior House staff.</p><p> </p><p>We also provide learning opportunities
as follows:</p><p> </p><ul><li>The Policy Academy event: ‘Law and Policy: when and
how to use legislation’ session, which includes secondary legislation and Explanatory
Memoranda for Statutory Instruments. This is delivered four times a year with enough
places for 100 G7 staff per year.</li><li>‘Introduction to Policy Making’ event that
is aimed at people new to policy making and policy delivery.</li><li>The Parliamentary
team also deliver training on parliamentary accountability and Handling Statutory
Instruments.</li></ul><p> </p>
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